Archive for October, 2009

Militia is a Thrash/Speed Metal band from Austin, Texas and is one of the more famous independent U.S. Metal bands from back in the mid-80s. The legend of Militia grows everytime a copy of this majorly sought after 3 song, 15+ minute e.P. shows up on Ebay and sells for thousands. Yes, I said THOUSANDS! [...]

WANTED  Mach 1 – s/t (1989) When I first got onto Ebay back in 1998, this independent CD was one of the high priced rarities that had collector’s dropping big bucks. I was new to the collector’s market so I was shocked to see a CD go for a few hundred dollars, especially one from a band [...]

Day off Saturday…..here’s what was burning up the stereo and the iPod today….. KISS – Sonic Boom (2009): I can’t get enough of the new KISS record! I wanted to live with it a couple of weeks before I reviewed it because I didn’t want the fanboy in me to overpower the truth. After repeated [...]

It’s been a long time since I updated what I’ve picked up at the local shops and online so here’s a list of what I’ve bought in the last couple of months….. Ebay UFO – No Place To Run (1980/2009 reissue), The Wild, The Willing & The Innocent (1981/2009 reissue), Mechanix (1982/2009 reissue), Making Contact [...]

Behemoth – Evangelion (2009, Metal Blade) Daimonos Shemhamforash Ov Fire And The Void Transmigrating Beyond Realms Ov Amenti He Who Breeds Pestilence The Seed Ov I Alas, Lord Is Upon Me Defiling Morality Ov Black God Lucifer Band Lineup: Adam “Nergal” Darski – Vocals, Guitars Zbigniew Robert “Inferno” Prominski – Drums, Percussion Tomasz “Orion” Wróblewski [...]

I may have let the blog go downhill a little but I have definitely been listening to a lot of music…..a lot of new releases that I’ve picked up recently. This has been another great year for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal! Here’s a sample of what I’ve been spinning….. KISS – Sonic Boom (2009): [...]

Phil Vincent – Passion & Pain (2009, independent release) New Way To Live Locked Up In Love Comin’ Apart At The Seams Rumors (Part 1 & 2) All Because Of You One Chance Keep Runnin’ Top Of The World Will You Remember? Wastin’ My Time Who Do You Think You Are? I Want You Now [...]

Nothing is better than seeing your favorite band in concert and that was surely the case Monday night as I went to the KISS concert up in Boston at TD Garden (formerly the Boston Garden). There were a few factors that made this concert special: This was the first time KISS has properly toured the [...]

What’s coming in October…..

Posted: October 1, 2009 in Uncategorized

Nothing is worse than planning to do something and not getting to finish it. I had planned to do a project in August that I would review 31 albums from 2009 in 31 days…..didn’t happen. As many of you know, I got injured and couldn’t sit at the computer. So I tried again in September [...]